in-de-pend-ent
–adjective
1.
not influenced or controlled by others in matters of opinion, conduct, etc.; thinking or acting for oneself: an independent thinker.
2.
not subject to another's authority or jurisdiction; autonomous; free: an independent businessman.
3.
not influenced by the thought or action of others: independent research.
4.
not dependent; not depending or contingent upon something else for existence, operation, etc.
5.
not relying on another or others for aid or support.
6.
rejecting others' aid or support; refusing to be under obligation to others.
7.
possessing a competency: to be financially independent.
8.
sufficient to support a person without his having to work: an independent income.
9.
executed or originating outside a given unit, agency, business, etc.; external: an independent inquiry.
10.
working for oneself or for a small, privately owned business.
11.
expressive of a spirit of independence; self-confident; unconstrained: a free and independent citizen.
12.
free from party commitments in voting: the independent voter.
13.
Mathematics. (of a quantity or function) not depending upon another for its value.
14.
Grammar. capable of standing syntactically as a complete sentence: an independent clause. Compare dependent (def. 4), main 1 (def. 4).
15.
Logic.
a.
(of a set of propositions) having no one proposition deducible from the others.
b.
(of a proposition) belonging to such a set.
16.
Statistics. statistically independent.
17.
(initial capital letter) Ecclesiastical. of or pertaining to the Independents.
–noun
18.
an independent person or thing.
19.
a small, privately owned business: The conglomerates are buying up the independents.
20.
Politics. a person who votes for candidates, measures, etc., in accordance with his or her own judgment and without regard to the endorsement of, or the positions taken by, any party.
I posted definations because every one has their own interpurtations on what independent is.
The question is are you Independent ? How does it apply to you?
1 comment:
I think to some degree everyone is influenced by others and at every point in time, we need to be dependent on other for support - whether emotionally, financially or mentally.
I am 85% independent, lol.
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